Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South West

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South West is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 68 163
Rank change year-on-year +21 +95 -25
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 329 234 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.04% 4.48% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.25% 4.77% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 214 131 133
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £31,536
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +2.15% +3.33%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,875 £52,500
90th Percentile £64,275 £72,500 £60,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,979
% change year-on-year - -1.92% +7.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 7,743 4,902 7,943
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.06% 93.84% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,665 3,489 4,914
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £54,590 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% +9.18% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 16 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 September 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire +13 98 £52,500 -10.64% 2
Bristol +22 71 £50,000 -9.09% 2
Gloucestershire +15 69 £45,000 -19.64% 9
Devon +3 48 £45,000 +20.00%
Somerset +2 21 £52,500 -2.33% 7
Dorset -22 16 £45,000 -23.40% 1
Cornwall -4 6 £30,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 16 September 2024, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 329 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 112 (34.04%) Windows
3 94 (28.57%) Linux
4 93 (28.27%) VMware
5 84 (25.53%) Security Cleared
6 83 (25.23%) Microsoft
7 81 (24.62%) VMware Infrastructure
8 80 (24.32%) Azure
9 65 (19.76%) Data Centre
10 59 (17.93%) PowerShell
10 59 (17.93%) Windows Server
11 53 (16.11%) Active Directory
12 52 (15.81%) SaaS
12 52 (15.81%) Microsoft 365
13 46 (13.98%) Firewall
14 45 (13.68%) SC Cleared
15 43 (13.07%) AWS
15 43 (13.07%) Hyper-V
16 41 (12.46%) DV Cleared
17 40 (12.16%) Ansible
18 39 (11.85%) Agile
19 36 (10.94%) Cisco
20 35 (10.64%) Red Hat
20 35 (10.64%) Aerospace
21 34 (10.33%) DNS
22 33 (10.03%) Python
22 33 (10.03%) Finance
23 32 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
23 32 (9.73%) Collaborative Working
24 29 (8.81%) Service Delivery

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.22%) Jupyter
3 4 (1.22%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.91%) JBoss
5 1 (0.30%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 80 (24.32%) Azure
2 52 (15.81%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (15.81%) SaaS
3 43 (13.07%) AWS
4 24 (7.29%) Entra ID
5 18 (5.47%) Power Platform
6 15 (4.56%) OpenShift
7 14 (4.26%) IaaS
8 10 (3.04%) PowerApps
9 9 (2.74%) PaaS
10 4 (1.22%) Amazon S3
11 3 (0.91%) Azure Storage
12 2 (0.61%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.61%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.61%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.30%) GCP
13 1 (0.30%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 46 (13.98%) Firewall
2 34 (10.33%) DNS
3 27 (8.21%) WAN
4 24 (7.29%) TCP/IP
5 20 (6.08%) DHCP
6 15 (4.56%) SAN
7 14 (4.26%) HTTP
7 14 (4.26%) LAN
8 13 (3.95%) SD-WAN
9 12 (3.65%) Internet
9 12 (3.65%) VPN
10 10 (3.04%) NAS
11 9 (2.74%) VLAN
12 8 (2.43%) Network Security
12 8 (2.43%) Skype
13 6 (1.82%) WLAN
14 5 (1.52%) NGFW
15 4 (1.22%) Ethernet VPN
15 4 (1.22%) Structured Cabling
15 4 (1.22%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.86%) Oracle Database
2 14 (4.26%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.74%) Big Data
4 3 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.91%) Power BI
5 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 13 (3.95%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.30%) GitLab
2 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (10.64%) Aerospace
2 33 (10.03%) Finance
3 26 (7.90%) Social Skills
4 24 (7.29%) Banking
5 12 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (3.65%) Manufacturing
6 10 (3.04%) Legal
6 10 (3.04%) Public Sector
7 5 (1.52%) Military
7 5 (1.52%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.22%) Advertising
8 4 (1.22%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.22%) Retail
9 2 (0.61%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.22%) EJB
2 3 (0.91%) Middleware
3 2 (0.61%) .NET
3 2 (0.61%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.30%) JSON
4 1 (0.30%) JSON Schema
4 1 (0.30%) KML
4 1 (0.30%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.30%) XML
4 1 (0.30%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 65 (19.76%) Data Centre
2 15 (4.56%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.34%) PKI
4 9 (2.74%) Cyber Defence
5 8 (2.43%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.13%) Cyberattack
6 7 (2.13%) Enterprise Storage
7 5 (1.52%) Clustering
7 5 (1.52%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.22%) Fat Client
8 4 (1.22%) Fibre Optics
8 4 (1.22%) Thin Client
9 3 (0.91%) IBM Mainframe
9 3 (0.91%) Mainframe
9 3 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.61%) EMC VNX
10 2 (0.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.61%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.61%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.61%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 112 (34.04%) Windows
2 94 (28.57%) Linux
3 59 (17.93%) Windows Server
4 25 (7.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (3.34%) Windows 10
6 11 (3.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (3.04%) Windows 7
8 7 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.52%) CentOS
9 5 (1.52%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.22%) OS/2
11 3 (0.91%) zOS
12 2 (0.61%) VMS
12 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.30%) Debian
13 1 (0.30%) Fedora
13 1 (0.30%) openSUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (11.85%) Agile
3 32 (9.73%) Collaborative Working
3 32 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (8.81%) Service Delivery
5 25 (7.60%) ITIL
6 21 (6.38%) Mentoring
7 20 (6.08%) DevOps
7 20 (6.08%) Infrastructure as Code
8 18 (5.47%) Actionable Insight
8 18 (5.47%) Information Security
9 16 (4.86%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (4.56%) Software Architecture
11 13 (3.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (3.95%) Project Delivery
12 12 (3.65%) Decision-Making
13 11 (3.34%) Incident Management
13 11 (3.34%) Load Balancing
14 10 (3.04%) CI/CD
14 10 (3.04%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 59 (17.93%) PowerShell
2 33 (10.03%) Python
3 28 (8.51%) Bash
4 22 (6.69%) SQL
5 16 (4.86%) Java
6 9 (2.74%) JavaScript
6 9 (2.74%) Ruby
7 7 (2.13%) C++
7 7 (2.13%) Go
8 6 (1.82%) Bicep
9 2 (0.61%) C#
9 2 (0.61%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 84 (25.53%) Security Cleared
2 45 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 41 (12.46%) DV Cleared
4 25 (7.60%) Degree
5 13 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (3.65%) CCNA
7 7 (2.13%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.13%) CCNP
7 7 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.22%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.22%) JNCIA
10 2 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certified Master
11 1 (0.30%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.30%) HNC
11 1 (0.30%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.86%) SLA
2 14 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 81 (24.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 53 (16.11%) Active Directory
3 43 (13.07%) Hyper-V
4 23 (6.99%) Docker
5 21 (6.38%) vSphere
6 17 (5.17%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (4.56%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (2.74%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.22%) NFS
9 4 (1.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 4 (1.22%) vCloud
10 3 (0.91%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.91%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.30%) Samba
Systems Management
1 40 (12.16%) Ansible
2 23 (6.99%) Kubernetes
3 19 (5.78%) SCCM
4 18 (5.47%) Puppet
5 16 (4.86%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (4.56%) Nagios
7 13 (3.95%) vCenter Server
8 12 (3.65%) Terraform
9 7 (2.13%) Grafana
10 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 4 (1.22%) Failover Clustering
11 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Clustering
11 4 (1.22%) vRealize
11 4 (1.22%) WSUS
12 3 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.91%) Opsview
13 2 (0.61%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.61%) SCOM
13 2 (0.61%) ZABBIX
14 1 (0.30%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 93 (28.27%) VMware
2 83 (25.23%) Microsoft
3 36 (10.94%) Cisco
4 35 (10.64%) Red Hat
5 17 (5.17%) Oracle
6 16 (4.86%) HP
7 13 (3.95%) Meraki
8 12 (3.65%) Fortinet
9 11 (3.34%) Veeam
10 10 (3.04%) IBM
10 10 (3.04%) SolarWinds
11 9 (2.74%) Aruba
12 6 (1.82%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.52%) Juniper
14 4 (1.22%) Dell
15 3 (0.91%) NetApp
16 2 (0.61%) Brocade
16 2 (0.61%) EMC
16 2 (0.61%) Sophos
17 1 (0.30%) Citrix